 BLOCKS by SIZE | 6" Quilt Blocks |
Many quiltmakers like to make six inch quilt blocks in order to use a greater variety of blocks in a sampler style quilt. Another reason might be to test out the look of a block in a smaller size in order to save on the fabrics (just in case the block looks very different than in your imagination).
Whatever your reason for creating six inch blocks, the pieces are all just smaller versions of larger sized quilt blocks -- such as the most popular size, the 12" quilt block. This is what makes quiltmaking so exciting -- you are the designer and get to choose all the components.
Old Maid's Puzzle
Free Quilt Block Pattern
The Old Maid's Puzzle quilt block is another of the blocks that are often used to teach the beginner quilter. It contains only the square and half square triangle patches. Colour arrangement and block layout can have a big impact on how this block looks when a whole quilt is designed using this block.
You might also note that this quilt block looks suspiciously just like the Fox and Geese quilt block. Perhaps it is one of those cases where the same quilt block goes by many names.
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